Unit 2A Test

Question 1

How many chambers are in Congress?

Answer 1

2

Question 2

What are the chambers of Congress?

Answer 2

Senate and House of Representatives

Question 3

True or False: A bill only needs to pass one chamber of Congress to become a law

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Who proposes bills?

Answer 4

Members of Congress

Question 5

What does the Speaker/Majority leader do with a bill?

Answer 5

Gives it to a committee

Question 6

What happens to a bill once a committee is done with it?

Answer 6

They pass it on to a subcommittee

Question 7

Who has the greatest chance of winning an election?

Answer 7

The incumbent candidate running for reelection

Question 8

Who has the power to create executive agencies?

Answer 8

Congress

Question 9

True or False: Congress authorizes and appropriates money for the executive

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False: Congress approves the federal budget

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What is it called when politicians “trade” votes with eachother?

Answer 11

Logrolling

Question 12

What are extra, unrelated programs added to bills by politicians to benefit their Constituents?

Answer 12

Pork Barrel Spending

Question 13

What is the “lower house” of Congress?

Answer 13

The House of Representatives

Question 14

How are states represented in the House?

Answer 14

Population

Question 15

How long do members of the House serve?

Answer 15

2 year terms

Question 16

What does each representative in the House of Representatives represent?

Answer 16

A congressional district

Question 17

What does the House Rules Committee do?

Answer 17

Determines whether bills have closed rule (no amendments, time limit on debate) or open rule (open to relevant, germane amendments, no time limit)

Question 18

Who is the leader of the House?

Answer 18

The Speaker of the House

Question 19

What does the speaker of the House do?

Answer 19

Assigns people to a committee, directs floor debate, gives bills to appropriate committees

Question 20

What is considered the upper house?

Answer 20

Senate

Question 21

How many senators does each state get?

Answer 21

2

Question 22

How long do Senators serve?

Answer 22

6 years

Question 23

What is the Senate’s role in impeachment proceedings?

Answer 23

They try impeached members of the executive and judicial branches.

Question 24

What is the House of Representatives’ role in impeachment proceedings?

Answer 24

Can rule to impeach members of the executive and judicial branch

Question 25

True or False: The senate has no power when it comes to presidential appointments and nominees

Answer 25

False; they are responsible for confirming them

Question 26

Does the Senate have a rules committee?

Answer 26

No, only the House of Representatives does

Question 27

Is debate ever limited in the Senate?

Answer 27

No, it is always unlimited

Question 28

How can a filibuster end?

Answer 28

By cloture by 3/5 of the Senate

Question 29

Where can a filibuster take place?

Answer 29

The Senate

Question 30

What can Senators add to bills committees?

Answer 30

“Riders” (irrelevant amendments)

Question 31

Where do most bills die?

Answer 31

In committees